Statistics & poll evidence archive thread

[Helleofabore]

Hi everyone

I am creating this thread as an archive thread just for statistics and polling links and information that we can all access and refer to. With the option for saving threads so we can find them easily, I figure it is a good way to gather specific types of information into one place.

Please post studies, papers, media articles that pull together references, or informative articles, tweets, videos, and interviews. Just on statistics and polling about the topic of Sex & Gender. Please post with a summary of the article, study, papers, etc so people can also use Advanced Search to locate the information and it will make it easier to read through to find the information again too.

I don't want to be the thread police, but ask that we keep this free of discussion. Getting into discussion on this thread will mean it will fill up quickly and not serve the purpose of being simply an archive.

Can I ask that if you want to discuss something you see here, you start a thread to do so and link and refer to a post on this thread? If a post has been presented with commentary that people disagree with, can that be discussed on a new thread please..

Keep this thread free just for the information.

Here is the link to the previous Break it down for me thread and the new General Break it Down archive thread.

The specific archive threads (including this one) are:

Save female sports evidence thread
Statistics & poll evidence archive thread
Medical treatment archive thread
It will never happen - resource thread
Court cases/Judicial Reviews/ET/ETAs

Thank you.

Remember that there is also this website: www.statsforgender.org/

Thank you.

Edited by MNHQ at OP's request

THE CURRENT DATA SPLICED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE AGE GROUP OF 18-24

Here are two data sets asking the same question and it is broken down by age group for the UK. There is a stark difference between the answers from 2018 and 2024. I expect that the next tracker poll that YouGov will do, will show a significant change again in the direction of that acceptance that you are relying on from that age group.

https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/Transgender_data_2018.pdf

https://ygo-assets-websites-editorial-emea.yougov.net/documents/YouGov_-_Transgender_study_2024.pdf

For instance just for the 18-24 age group:

Do you think transgender women should or should not be allowed to…

Take part in women's sporting events?2018 in italics, 2024 bold
Should be allowed 39 31% 2018 - 2024 this is decrease by 8%
Should not be allowed 37 53% 2018 - 2024 this is increase by 16%
Don't know 25 15%. 2018 - 2024 this is decrease by 10%

Use women's changing rooms? 2018 in italics, 2024 bold
Should be allowed 61 42%. 2018 - 2024* this is decrease by 19%
Should not be allowed 21 40%. 2018 - 2024 this is increase by 19%
Don't know 18 18%. 2018 - 2024 *no change %

Use women's toilets? 2018 in brackets vs 2024 bold
Should be allowed 66 47%. 2018 - 2024 this is decrease by 19%
Should not be allowed 18 39%. 2018 - 2024* *this is increase by 21%
Don't know 16 14%. 2018 - 2024 this is decrease by 2%

Use women's refuges? 2018 in brackets vs 2024 bold
Should be allowed 69 55%. 2018 - 2024 this is decrease by 14%
Should not be allowed 15 31%. 2018 - 2024 this is increase by 16%
Don't know 16 14%. 2018 - 2024 this is decrease by 2%

I really don't think that you are up to date with the general opinion of young people. I think those trends will be going the same direction with the next YouGov polling for this specific tracker, because we have seen it already with other organisations who have commissioned the same questions being asked by other professional polling organisations recently.

Here is one
https://sex-matters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Omni-Sex-Matters-polling-March-2026.pdf

The majority of 18-24 year olds don't believe that a person with a gender identity should use a single sex provision that is not for their sex but should either use a mixed sex provision or the single sex provision for their birth sex.

THE SEX MATTERS MARCH 2026 DATA SPLICED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE AGE GROUP OF 18-24

For each of the following, do you prefer them to be single sex or mixed sex?
Changing rooms in gyms and leisure centres
(General population / 18-24 yr)
Single sex 84% ( 18-24 yr 85%)
Mixed sex 10% ( 18-24 yr 9%)
Unsure 7% ( 18-24 yr 6%)

Changing rooms and showers at work
Single sex 86% ( 18-24 yr 84%)
Mixed sex 8% ( 18-24 yr 10%)
Unsure 6% ( 18-24 yr 6%)

Public toilets, for example in parks
Single sex 81% ( 18-24 yr 77%)
Mixed sex 13% ( 18-24 yr 16%)
Unsure 6% ( 18-24 yr 7%)

Workplace toilets
Single sex 78% ( 18-24 yr 74%)
Mixed sex 14% ( 18-24 yr 17%)
Unsure 8% ( 18-24 yr 9%)

Toilets in a pub or entertainment venue
Single sex 81% ( 18-24 yr 74%)
Mixed sex 13% ( 18-24 yr 17%)
Unsure 7% ( 18-24 yr 9%)

A transgender person is someone who says they are the other sex, that is, a person born male who identifies as a woman, or a person born female who identifies as a man. How do you think transgender people should be accommodated in toilets…
(General population / 18-24 yr)

At work
They should be allowed to use whichever facilities they prefer 21% ( 18-24 yr 38%)
They should not use facilities for the opposite sex but there should be an alternative 33% ( 18-24 yr 38%)
They should use the facilities of their sex at birth 36% ( 18-24 yr 18%)
Unsure 12% ( 18-24 yr 6%)

In gyms and leisure centres
They should be allowed to use whichever facilities they prefer 19% ( 18-24 yr 30%)
They should not use facilities for the opposite sex but there should be an alternative 34% ( 18-24 yr 42%)
They should use the facilities of their sex at birth 36% ( 18-24 yr 21%)
Unsure 12% ( 18-24 yr 7%)

At university
They should be allowed to use whichever facilities they prefer 20% ( 18-24 yr 31%)
They should not use facilities for the opposite sex but there should be an alternative 32% ( 18-24 yr 35%)
They should use the facilities of their sex at birth 37% ( 18-24 yr 23%)
Unsure 12% ( 18-24 yr 11%)

In a bar or entertainment venue
They should be allowed to use whichever facilities they prefer 20% ( 18-24 yr 33%)
They should not use facilities for the opposite sex but there should be an alternative 32% ( 18-24 yr 32%)
They should use the facilities of their sex at birth 37% ( 18-24 yr 26%)
Unsure 12% ( 18-24 yr 8%)

In public toilets, for example in parks
They should be allowed to use whichever facilities they prefer 19% ( 18-24 yr 30%)
They should not use facilities for the opposite sex but there should be an alternative 32% ( 18-24 yr 33%)
They should use the facilities of their sex at birth 37% ( 18-24 yr 28%)
Unsure 12% ( 18-24 yr 9%)

In hospital
They should be allowed to use whichever facilities they prefer 20% ( 18-24 yr 30%)
They should not use facilities for the opposite sex but there should be an alternative 30% ( 18-24 yr 32%)
They should use the facilities of their sex at birth 35% ( 18-24 yr 28%)
Unsure 11% ( 18-24 yr 10%)

How do you think transgender people should be accommodated in changing rooms and showers…
At work
They should be allowed to use whichever facilities they prefer 19% ( 18-24 yr 30%)
They should not use facilities for the opposite sex but there should be an alternative 35% ( 18-24 yr 39%)
They should use the facilities of their sex at birth 35% ( 18-24 yr 24%)
Unsure 11% ( 18-24 yr 7%)

In gyms and leisure centres
They should be allowed to use whichever facilities they prefer 18% ( 18-24 yr 28%)
They should not use facilities for the opposite sex but there should be an alternative 36% ( 18-24 yr 43%)
They should use the facilities of their sex at birth 35% ( 18-24 yr 23%)
Unsure 11% ( 18-24 yr 7%)

At university
They should be allowed to use whichever facilities they prefer 18% ( 18-24 yr 26%)
They should not use facilities for the opposite sex but there should be an alternative 35% ( 18-24 yr 35%)
They should use the facilities of their sex at birth 36% ( 18-24 yr 30%)
Unsure 12% ( 18-24 yr 8%)

Here is the link to the data:
https://sex-matters.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Omni-Sex-Matters-polling-March-2026.pdf

A link to the article:
https://sex-matters.org/posts/updates/new-poll-shows-most-people-prefer-single-sex-toilets-and-changing-rooms/

A couple of points to consider with this poll. It didn't separate questions with specific scenarios about male people with transgender identities and female people with transgender identities. Many of the young people answering may have a very different focus depending on the sex of the person. Many female people at that age for instance will have female friends with transgender identities that they are supporting in what they understand that female friend wants.

However, even though some do (moreso than older generations) believe that people should choose the provision, the majority of this age group do not believe that people of the opposite sex should be using the opposite sex single sex provision.

The majority of this age group also WANT single sex provisions.

I think we should rename this 'The Helleofabore Thread'😄

You are a one-woman archive, Helle, we owe you a lot of thanks for pulling together these important stats into one place, making them readily available to deploy in discussions

.... where, as we have seen time and time again, they have ZERO impact, unless to infuriate posters who have no arguments of their own to come back with - how hatefully phobic of us to quote ... facts😒

You are to stats what KeepToiletsSafe is to toilet design, and that is high praise indeed!
Thank you💐

Thanks for presenting this wealth of information so clearly, Helleofabore.

I’ve been poring through your two most recent posts, on 5 April and yesterday.

I was a bit shocked that, in 2018, so many people aged 18-24 accepted men (‘transgender women’) in women’s toilets, refuges, sports etc.

That did remind me that many people thought ‘transwoman’ or ‘transgender woman’ meant an actual woman who wanted to be male. Some people still think that. I wonder if that skewed the results? Apologies if that’s already been taken into account and I’d missed it.
Good that the numbers had changed so much in women’s favour by 2024, anyway.

It’s encouraging that the 2026 Sex Matters results show that at least 78% of the young respondents wanted single-sex facilities, not mixed-sex.
And although up to 21% would allow trans-identifying people to use opposite-sex toilets, and up to 19% feel the same way about showers and changing rooms, more than three times as many would not.

It’s an uphill battle, with misogyny so well-funded and entrenched. Thanks again for your tireless work in posting facts and counteracting propaganda.

Thank you, @Helleofabore
Having actual facts and figures available like this helps to keep us rooted in reality when we're navigating the looking-glass world of gender and saying, for the umpteenth time, "WTAF??".

Yes .Thank you for all that information, really helpful.

I appreciate the feedback and the love and I appreciate all you wonderful posters back. But please don’t turn this into a discussion thread. Please can we keep it to only posting information in a way that is easy to read quickly for people scrolling.

Sorry, it feels very churlish of me but it really makes a difference to the readibility. Sorry. 😔 x

Agreed - sorry if I started the chatty ball rolling, Helle😕